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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Im going to be completely honest i did not finish thjs book in time for the frq and i do not plan on finishing it but i deserve to log it on goodreads
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5. Quite a struggle to get through, but I guess it’s only fair that it was. I read the first chapter maybe three times in my life before I now managed to finish the book. Important for sure, but I found it too lengthy at times… (And always feel bad criticizing an obvious and rightful classic.)
“...that’s enough, don’t kill yourself. You’ve run enough, you’re through with them at last” <<< SUCH a good quote which really captured the essence of the book. I’ll be honest, half the time i had no clue what was going on in this story, but that quote and the theme of “keep this boy running” still had that same powerful effect that Ellison intended over me.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
“life is to be lived not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in the face of certain defeat.”
a masterpiece in every sense of the word. astounding. literature in the truest sense—a reminder of what it means to be human.
there will never be another book like this one.
a masterpiece in every sense of the word. astounding. literature in the truest sense—a reminder of what it means to be human.
there will never be another book like this one.
“I do not know if all cops are poets"
There is always a book that sits on your "to read" list for years. And for whatever reason you don't get around to it, and when you finally do, you can't believe it took you so long to pick it up
This is that book for me.
"When I discover who I am, I'll be free"
Searching for his identity the unnamed protagonists finds himself in Harlem after being expelled from his College in the south.
He falls in with the "Brotherhood" where he is told that the individual doesn't matter, to always look at the bigger picture.
Slowly the protagonists realizes that he is not seen, he is that individual to be skipped over. He is a "cog in a machine"
He is invisible.
Those who manipulate him, oppress him, those who tell him what it is he needs, and what he needs to do to achieve it, these people do not see him.
He is a means to an end.
Invisible man is a book that although written in the early 1950's is still relevant.
Unfortunate ... inexcusable but true.
"His name was Clifton and he was black and they shot him"
I had no expectations going into this and I will say that I did not expect anything that happened in this story. Beautifully told, unique, and profound. This was by no means an easy book but it was still compelling and entertaining.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated